Y THROUGH IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES
Is Growing: For
l»yV Chance To
NormalilVdiMK
The filling, out of applications
for premium refunds ran the eas
iest life insurance policies ever
sold is taking the attention of
a lot of people this week. The
insurance is that bought by the
Veterans of World War II from
salpBnen they couldn’t walk
ajjay from in service, and un
dBr the pressure of the feeling
fptn they had. a :good chance of
collecting despite themselves.
^•In Kinston, the American Le
gkm Post will have a staff on
lu&a from 7 to 9 p. m. each
night through Friday at its Hut
to help the vets get back the
money paid in. The. Veterans
Iff Foreign Wars here is also
supplying the same service at its
hall on West Gordon Street from
6 p. m. to 9 p. m. At both lo
cations -the application forms
will be available, according tra
announcements from Legion
Commander W. J. Heard and
VFW Commander Glenn Hayes.
In Trenton Harris Koonce,
Jones County Veterans Service
Officer, will be on hand at the
court house during" the day to
render the1 same service to the
World War II veterans of the
county.
conferred with Miss Myrtle
A, president of the Jowsp*
Contributions are rolling in to
give Jones County’s “blue Traby”
a chance at a normal life. Mrs.
Lurley Hines of the Production
Credit Association in the Tren
ton •Courthouse says she has re
ceived $299.15 of the $700 need
ed to finance the operation at
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Bal
timore/ That operation will cor
rect the defective heart of five
year-old Florence Marie Canady
and enable her to reach adult
hood. , V.
“Without the operation she has
no - chance. The little girl k
now "in St. Luke's Hospital in
'New Bern under special care to
build up her strength. She is a
favorite patient of the physi
cians and nurses there, and they
are making up a special fund to
be applied to the cost of the op
eration at Johns Hopkins Dr.
Alfred Blalock, world-famous
surgeon. Little Florence Marie,
although “listless”, is reported
holding her own under the jare
of Dr. A. F. Hammond, Jr., at
the New Bern hospital.
In addition to the contributors
to tha chance for life for the
stricken youngster previously re
ported tljere are these: Miss An
na Louise Robertson, Foy’s Sun
day School, Mrs. James C. Gray,
Henry Canady, Mrs. Edith Phil
lips, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Mea
dows, MaXlhe Sandlin, Friend
ship Church, Jennie Lipman, E.
L. Morton, R. E. Wilson; dona
tions through E, I. Ellington, W.
E>. Ballard, G. R. Ballard, R. W.
Bsdllard,^G. D Eubanks, C. R.
•^yar ’Ph^ttips, Mti. D. T. Mc
Daniel, P. L. Foy, Foy^ Wom
an’s Society of Christian Service
and Mr. and Mrs. Levi Conway.
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plans for the traditional drive
tb raise funds to fight tubercu
Iggggh^..
Jones County’s First Brick Home
Still In Foscue Family After 200
Years; Hope To Soon Restore It
Money Makes Trouble
There has been little trouble
that required the attention of
the law in Jones County during
the past week, and what there
wa* could be traced to money,
Sherftr Jeter Taylor says. The
few persons to run afoul the law
were those on charges of simple
drunkenness and disorderly con
duct, hatched out by the sudden
flood of money turned loose by
the beginning of the sale of the
year’s tobacco Crop.
‘RUMP’ SALES ADVERTISED
'
The first brick structure in
this section, shown in the ac
companying photograph on this
page, was built by the Foscue
family in 1804. It is still owned
by the family, Mrs. J. E. Foscue
of Jamestown, and is occupied
by one of the tenants of her
farm. The bricks for the plan
tation home were brought from
England, and the last leg of their
journey was up Trent River to
the building site just north of
Pollocksville on Highway 17.
The imported bricks in the
18-inch solid exteror walls and
in the interior partition walls,
iccord ng to an cld bill or sale
found in the f'vuhy’s papers, c.-st
th-1 builders $1,500.
The nails, screws and the m -
usually large doorlocks, typical
of the period, as well as other
door and window hardware, were
made in England.
The mantels, cornices, wain
scoting, other panelling and
staircases were made by hand
and hand-carved, and most are
cf walnut wood. The mantel
has hand-carved sunburst medal
lions; fluted, tapered pilasters;
serpentine shelf, hand-carved
Ogee moldings, dental mold and
other typical period decorations.
The old house has four floors, 1
including the basement. The
basement has the same floor
plan as the other- part of the
house and was used until about
1920. During the Civil War the
house was used as a hospital for
wounded soldiers.
During the Civil War when
this section was being overrun
by the Yankees, the Foscue fam
ily together with three slaves
moved for safety to Thomasville,
N. C. The family at that time
consisted of John 'and Carolyn
Foscue, one son, Henry, who was
in the Confederate Army, and
two daughters.
After the war, the Foscues
moved back to their old planta
tion, and John and Carolyn
hired private teachers for their
children in a private school on
the fourth floor of their home.
Several students outside
attended
cupied a frame house located
east of where the brick house
was built. The earlier genera
tions of Foscues were buried in
a vault located back of the orig
inal house, and this field is still
-known--to the family as the
“Vault-Field”. During the war
the bodies were disinterred by
Yankee soldiers who apparently
were looking for treasure of
some kind. The family then had
the bodies moved to the private
cemetery now located in the
Southeast corner of the yard on
highway No. 17.
This handsome brick house is
typical of the better architec
ture of its time and shows a def
inite Eighteenth Century Eng
lish influence. When the house
was finished, John and Carolyn
Foscue naturally were very
proud of it, for it was at that
time the only brick house in
Jones County. To celebrate the
opening of the house, they in
vited many friends, and the large
folding-doors were opened wide
to give plenty of room for
dancing and a good time. Re
freshments were prepared in
New Bern for the evasion and
delivered to the plantation.
This old home has been the
scene of gaiety and celebration
in those days when the South
was in her pre-Civil War glory.
Later as the South came on
evil days in the War and the re
construction period it, just as
every other home in the South
was the scene of disappointment
and disillusionment. While the
old house and plantation is val
ued highly for sentimental rea
sons by the Fpscue family, no
member of the Foscue family
actually has lived in this home
since 1917. They hope, howev
er to restore the property to its
original state of beauty some
time in the future.
The land on which the house
is built has been in the Foscue
family for more than two hun
dred-years, and this old planta
tion is m fact the fountainhead
Of the various branches of the
Foscue family in America.
The famous Kitty Hawk Beach
m uare county will be the site
pasture demonstra
this fall.